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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did ancient African kings believe griots could give them?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Courage.

2. When Sundiata visits Ghana, what does he realize about the people who live there?
(a) They all admire king Dankaran.
(b) They are very educated.
(c) They have never seen a white man before.
(d) They are excellent traders.

3. What does Sassouma plot to do to Sogolon?
(a) Injure her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Exile her.
(d) Humiliate her.

4. What is the weather like when Sogolon first goes into labor?
(a) It is hailing.
(b) It is snowing.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is sunny.

5. What does Kanty steal from Fakoli?
(a) His crops.
(b) His wife.
(c) His money.
(d) His land.

6. What is the name of the king's first wife?
(a) Sogolon.
(b) Mansa Konkon.
(c) Do Mansing.
(d) Sassouma.

7. What animal does the hunter who approaches Maghan Kon Fatta offer to him?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A bird.
(c) A lion.
(d) A deer.

8. Why does the king fear marrying Sogolon?
(a) Because he thinks she is too good for him.
(b) Because he thinks she is a spider reincarnated.
(c) Because he thinks she has an evil spirit.
(d) Because he thinks she is possessed with ghosts.

9. What does Kanty demand from his country's neighboring lands?
(a) Land.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Respect.
(d) Women.

10. How do the warriors kill the animal that is terrorizing Do?
(a) With their spears.
(b) With their stamina.
(c) With their spirituality.
(d) With kindness.

11. After what event does Sundiata promise to stand up and walk?
(a) After his mother passes away.
(b) After his eighteenth birthday.
(c) After a humiliating beating.
(d) After Dankaran rises to power.

12. Which of the following characters does NOT enter exile with Sundiata?
(a) Sogolon.
(b) Manding Bory.
(c) Fassyky.
(d) All of the above.

13. How long does Sundiata wander in the desert before settling in Djedeba?
(a) Five years.
(b) Thirteen years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Seven years.

14. What does Sogolon beg to borrow from Sassouma?
(a) A berry.
(b) An egg.
(c) A leaf.
(d) A branch.

15. How old is young Djata when the reader first sees him again after his birth?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Thirteen years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Three years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Kanty related to Fakoli?

2. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?

3. From whom do Sundiata's ancestors seek advise at the opening of the story?

4. How does Dankaran feel when Sundiata swears to return from exile?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Djata's physicality as a boy?

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